PROFILE:

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

Jose Joaquin (J.J.) Garcia-Luna-Aceves currently leads research on ad hoc networking and wireless networking for multiple industry and government clients at PARC. He is also a Jack Baskin Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he leads the Computer Communication Research Group dedicated to basic and applied research in computer communication.

A fellow of the IEEE and ACM, J.J. holds over 35 U.S. patents. In 2011, the IEEE Computer Society awarded him a Technical Achievement Award; given to only five recipients, this prestigious award recognizes outstanding and innovative contributions – within the past 10-15 years – to the fields of computer and information science and engineering or computer technology. Dr. Garcia-Luna-Aceves was recognized for his "pioneering contributions to the theory and design of communication protocols for ad-hoc wireless networks."